Biodiesel Generators Bringing Green Power to Hollywood

Green Power Generators™, a new company specializing in custom built biodiesel fueled generators are offering a new line of generators designed to dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions in both small and large-scale events and productions. GPG unveiled its new generators to the press and entertainment industry in Hollywood on July 19th.

GPG has chosen to highlight the break-through designs first for members of the entertainment industry, but the generators will be of equal interest for any business that involves high energy consumption.

“We’re very excited to be able to provide the entertainment industry with the only truly eco-friendly energy outsourcing option available today,” explained Tomer DeVito, co-founder of GPG and a television commercial and music video producer. “Generators are the biggest polluters on sets, at concerts and events, and we wanted to change that. We hope to pioneer a change in the way we do things in Hollywood, and beyond.”

Adds Alton Butler, co-founder of GPG and president of Line 204 Studios, GPG’s parent company: “This is a real breakthrough in a business world that is growing increasingly concerned about the environment. The industry standard tier-2 diesel engines are not qualified to burn biodiesel. The available industry standard diesel-engine generators can burn only up to 5% bio-diesel (B5) – if you burn a higher percentage you risk losing your warranty. Currently productions don’t have an option for burning cleaner fuels. GPGs are specially designed to burn the cleanest biodiesel fuels possible”.

In its annual report card issued in November 2006, the UCLA Institute of the Environment put the film industry number two behind the Aerospace industry on the list of industry pollution offenders in California.

“We are proud to support GPG’s efforts to help reduce the entertainment industry’s carbon footprint,” said Debbie Levin, president of the Environmental Media Association. “Very few options exist for producers who want to reduce the emissions on their sets. GPG presents a formidable option that should be a no-brainer not only for Hollywood but for any industry that out sources power.”

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How to reduce emissions even further from emergency and prime power generators using biodiesel by retrofitting with the PERMIT Filter/Silencer from CleanAIR Systems. Although biodiesel certainly reduces emissions by about 50% over regular diesel, a filter/silencer can make a generator even cleaner as well as reduce noise.

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China Fights Air Pollution

According to Industrial Info Resources, China shut down 156 small coal-fired power plants during the first six months of this year in an effort to reduce emissions and comply with a target set by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of the People’s Republic of China. The total generating capacity of the power generation units is 5,510 megawatts and will meet 55% of emissions reductions set for 2007 by the NDRC.

Treehugger reports one million cars will be taken off Beijing roads in August for a two week trial to test new smog-control measures in an effort to reduce air pollution in anticipation of next year’s Beijing Olympics, representing 1/3 of the city’s cars. Last month, Beijing’s registered vehicles numbered 3 million, more than double from 5 years ago, with about 1,000 cars going on the road every day.

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Clean Energy Incubator, Austin Energy Agree to Test Clean Technologies to Accelerate Commercialization

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Austin Technology Incubator’s Clean Energy Incubator and Austin Energy have agreed to create the first test-bed environment in the United States for alternative energy companies to prepare their technologies for commercialization.

The partnership will allow clean technology companies to accelerate their path to market through early product validation with a leading utility.

“A major slowdown in getting clean energy companies to market is early utility validation,” said Joel Serface, director of Clean Energy Incubator. “Through our test-bed partnership, Austin Energy will give critical feedback and credibility to startups who prove themselves in Austin Energy’s environment.”

The Clean Energy Incubator and the Austin Technology Incubator are part of the IC2 Institute of The University of Texas at Austin.

The test-bed partnership, supported unanimously by the Austin City Council, will allow Clean Energy Incubator member companies to plug into different parts of Austin Energy’s grid to prove their technologies. Such innovative programs led by the Clean Energy Incubator and Austin Energy have helped Austin be recognized as the leading cleantech incubation center.

A report by SustainLane, a green media company, released last week named Austin the No. 1 U.S. city in incubating and clustering clean technology companies. The report ranked 50 cities and credits Austin with creating a robust test facility that is an innovative and economic step forward for the clean energy market.

“It is great that Austin is being recognized as the ‘Cleantech Capitol,’’’ said Mayor Will Wynn. “The Clean Energy Incubator and Austin Energy have long been leaders in clean technology. The test-bed partnership is the first of its kind and will extend Austin’s leadership in developing and using clean technologies. This will also become a powerful economic development engine for the city of Austin.”

The Clean Energy Incubator is extending an invitation to companies to come to Austin and participate in this unique partnership. By applying to participate in the Austin Clean Energy Venture Summit, start-up companies will have the opportunity to present to the Clean Energy Incubator, Austin Energy, leading international venture capitalists and energy companies. Several of the companies selected to participate in the conference will be extended invitations to take part in the test-bed partnership.

The Clean Energy Venture Summit, held on May 14-16, will highlight many of the potential technologies that will help create “The Utility of the Future,” including green building, energy efficiency, grid-connected vehicle technologies and smart-grid applications.

To participate in this conference, please go to http://www.cleanenergyventuresummit.com/.

For the past three years, Austin Energy has been ranked as the No. 1 green energy program in the country by the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, generating more revenue than its closest competing utilities in Portland, Ore. and Los Angeles. Its Green Choice program has sold more than 334 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy last year.

Background on Austin Energy
Austin Energy is the community-owned electric utility of Austin, Texas, serving 360,000 customers and a population of 880,000. Austin Energy is nationally recognized for its energy efficiency programs, establishment of the nation’s first Green Building Program and for the nation’s No. 1 renewable energy program for sales since 2002, outperforming 600 utility-sponsored green power programs nationwide. Austin Energy’s Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program offers rebates and loans for energy-efficiency improvements. Since 1982, more than 200,000 Austin residents have participated in the utility’s energy efficiency programs.

Background on the Clean Energy Incubator
The Clean Energy Incubator has been a leader in building clean-tech companies since its inception in 2001 when it was formed as a program of the Austin Technology Incubator, a division of The University of Texas at Austin, the IC2 Institute, and inspired by the National Renewable Energy Lab. The incubator oversees seven portfolio companies in the clean-tech market and is supported by the Texas State Energy Conservation Office and Austin Energy.

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New Mexico Company Exhibiting at International Conference

Santa Fe, NM – November 1, 2006 – When you flip on a switch, do you know where your electricity comes from? Or what kind of environmental impact it has on the earth? Many of us take for granted how electricity is generated, the fuel used in the process of generation and the pollution produced as a result of burning this fuel. For those attending Power-Gen International 2006 in Orlando, Florida from November 28-30, the focus is all about the where, when and how of power generation. For one New Mexico company, it will be an opportunity to present their state-of-the-art emissions control technology to an international audience.

CleanAIR Systems designs, tests, and manufactures equipment to substantially reduce air pollution produced by vehicles, stationary engines and power plants. For the past four years, a major part of CleanAIR’s business has been helping power plants, hospitals and companies using diesel stationary generators as a back-up power supply, to decrease their emissions of particulate matter (black smoke), carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons. Most recently CleanAIR Systems has developed technology to also reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides or NOx. A major problem in the fight against air pollution and global warming, NOx is produced by all power generation plants that burn fuel to make electricity (coal, natural gas, diesel, and even biodiesel).
As an exhibitor at Power-Gen, CleanAIR Systems will present their emissions control technology to over 16,000 attendees from all parts of the globe. Billed as the world’s largest conference on power generation, the exhibition will also boast 1,000 exhibitors representing the full scope of this market segment from coal-fired power plants to solar energy. According to the Power-Gen website, “Power-Gen International focuses on educating the industry on key trends and technologies impacting power generation, including operation, maintenance, construction, upgrading and design of natural gas and coal plants, plus renewable energy alternatives. Exhibits feature the latest in power products and technologies.”

Established in 1993, CleanAIR Systems, Inc. located in Santa Fe, NM, is a technology-based corporation manufacturing emissions control systems with worldwide distribution. Their products are designed to control air pollution for on- and off-road vehicles, as well as stationary machinery and power generation.